The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it. Arthur Erickson Read Quote
